The police's anti-narcotics cell (ANC) has seized a stock of cough syrups worth ₹2.69 lakh stored illegally in a house in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on August 14.
Based on complaints and a tip-off, the ANC raided a flat in Shil Phata area here on August 10 and seized 1,611 bottles of two cough syrup variants, senior police inspector Sanjay Shinde said.
The flat occupant, identified as Simab Ismail Sheikh (25), did not possess a license to stock and sell the medicines, the official said.